tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442118553903305723.post7161532615122907881..comments2017-09-26T12:37:28.251+10:00Comments on Chart Beats: This Week In 1984: July 8, 1984Gavin Scottnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442118553903305723.post-90939702375982384202017-07-09T18:01:36.264+10:002017-07-09T18:01:36.264+10:00Just discovered your blog, it might destroy my lif...Just discovered your blog, it might destroy my life. Great work!Wesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442118553903305723.post-83947191398108712762017-07-09T00:32:19.321+10:002017-07-09T00:32:19.321+10:00Invisible Mendez certainly don&#39;t sound Austral...Invisible Mendez certainly don&#39;t sound Australian.<br /><br />Breakdancing and whistling seems like an odd combination, but I liked it.<br /><br />&#39;Borderline&#39; is catchy, but I&#39;ve never cared for it that much. I remember seeing it a few times as music video filler in between TV programs on the commercial stations, though I&#39;m pretty sure this was in 1985-6 rather than 1984.ohnoitisnathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990002373015074644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442118553903305723.post-5334478506131648912017-07-08T15:12:41.302+10:002017-07-08T15:12:41.302+10:00The eighties were a funny old thing weren&#39;t th...The eighties were a funny old thing weren&#39;t they? As you noted, any given week could see breakdance sitting (or spinning) back to back with pop, novelty records and, this week at least, incredibly dreary instrumental orchestrations. I&#39;ve never heard more than a few seconds of &#39;Reilly&#39; or &#39;Pokarekareana&#39;, and don&#39;t intend to.<br /><br />I didn&#39;t realise Invisible Mendes were from Adelaide, I would have assumed international.<br /><br />I don&#39;t mind Break Machine or Rock Steady Crew, they are on the right side of the pop/rap divide for me.<br /><br />Agreed that &#39;Borderline&#39; sits easily in Madonna&#39;s top ten singles, and really should have been top ten locally. Brad Niemannnoreply@blogger.com